Printer&#39;s border.



A. C. GUSTAFSON.

PRINTERS BORDER.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 9. me.

Patented June 15,1909.

@Umweg ALVIN C. GUSTAFSON, OF RED OAK, IOW!` PRINTERS BORDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. i

Application filed September 9, 1908.

No. 925,336. Patented Tune 15-7 1909.

Serial No. 452,229.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, ALviN C. Gtisriirson, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tied Oak, in the county ot Montgomery and State ot' iowa, have inif'ented new and uset'ul Improvements in Printers Borders, of which theI following is a specification.

'lhe invention relates to an improvement in printers borders and is designed particularly to provide a border which will eliminate the ditlicuilt work ot hand assembling ofthe short pieces ot' rule and slug usually necessary in making up a border.

ln making up a border, as usually practiced the type setter will first select and assemble the short lengths ot rule having the initer ends to forni the corners ot the border, and will then select suitable lengths of rule to be arranged between the end pieces to traine thus provided is cast integral of a' transverse shape shown more particularly in v Fig. 2, in which the relatively inner portion ot the material throughout the' sides and end of the traine is otl less height than the outer portion, said outer portion, as 4, thus corresponding to the ordinary rule of the border and being of course, type. high7 while the inner portion, as 5, corresponds to the ordinary slug ot' the border and is, of course, lead high. At the free ends of the sides 2 and 23 the vertical or end edge of the portion 2o form. the border ot' the proper length and 5 terminates inwardly beyond the similar width. It is;V therefore, apparent that in edge ot the portion 5, or in other Words the in to cooperate with the sides and an ciid-secsembling the iranie and end to provide the tion which will cooperate with either the complete border the ends ot the slug portion additional inserts or the end ot' the sides ot S of the separate ends 7 ot the border Will the wasting, so that by the use ot' pieces ot' lit snugly in the shoulders 6 with the inner appropriate length the longitudinal dimensurtaees ot the rule portion 9 Ot the end 7 ,sion ot the border may be exactly that debearingl squarely against the end edges of sired. the conneetioin between the insert thc rule portions 4 ot the sides 2 and 3. pieces and the sides ot the casting, or be- '.lhe border is thus complete and by the tittwoen the detachable end and the sides being ting oi the end in the traine as described so arranged as to insure an absolutely acthere is no possibility ot irregular assemo rurale tit ot the part?. blingl and hence when printed troni the rule 'lhe invention will be described in the tolwill show practically an unbroken border lowing specilication, reference being had` lHC- particularly to the accompanying drawings, To provide for increasing the longitudiin which z.- nal dimension or length of the border it de- Figure l is a view in plan of my improved sircd I'construct inserts l0, which are pretevery instance each line ot the border is made up ot several lengths or' rule, and, of course. itis equally true ot' the slug or lead arranged within the rule by which the type is spaced trom the rule. Owing to the comparatively large number ot' pieces required in making a borde` and the practical iinpossibility ot' so connecting these pieces as to maintain absolute alinenie'nt and unit'ormit-y. particularly at the corners7 the setting ot a border is a comparatively ditlicult operation.'

'llie present invention is designed to obviate the dilliculties ot border setting7 and to vthis end l t'orin the border with. sido pieces and one end cast integral, the casting incl uding both the rule and slug. lVith the castin;` thus torined l provide additional pieces slug portion of they border on the 'sides of the integral trame provided is of less length than the rule port-ion, whereby to providev shoulders (i, as shown. With the frame thus formed l provide an end piece 7 adapted to tit the tree ends oit the sides 2 and 3,*said end.V I

piece being oit' exactly the same sectional contour as that ot the traine and therefore including an inner lead high section 8 and an outer type high section or rule 9. ln the end thus provided the rule portion is ot' a length corresponding exactly to the niaXiniuin distance between the relatively outer surfaces otl the sides 2 and i3, while the slug portion S oit a lengt-h corr spending eX- actly to the distance between the relatively inner surfaces oit the rule portions oi the sides 2 and i3. Xs thus constructed in asgoa? l flllrl end se conSirneecl :ls lo interlock Witll The casting le insure :ln absolutely accurate lili of lille parl@ 'without possibility of slipl pir in lacking up ol' during printing.

i't` will. of course. lle nin'lersliood that the I provided in i" Ulllller lo an): ilesrwll l'lefgree in order 10 provide an ornamental Mordor zlni'l il'nlt tile Wirll'll of ille Slug is not nlal'erl'nl :incl is te be, of emerse, ei: llzli, liest adapted for ille particu lill' werk .for wlliell ille border is designed. j lin ving 'finis deSeribeil ille invention what E is elzlinloil :le new, is:H

l. il. printer@ l'lelfler llzlving the sides and one emi mist inl'eqrzll. :l ifletzlellnllle and, and l inserts lo interlock Willi Seidl detachable end :unl Sides.

2. il priniel'z's border llzlif'ing;` lille sides :md il end mln-t integral to include tile rule :nld die slug on ille Sides being el less (,llslll rile fille, and l detachable end Y lille rule flllfl .slug and having the fling; eri lengi'll llzln lle rule te intel'- ll'sai'mlfl iirl all f leali 'with ille enf-is of tile Sides.

q of li. l ri el. are to lle l A prinierlsherderlnlvingtlle sides and im; :le nlflllj( enf? pieces as inly lle ,l une en@ casi inleg-ral to include the rule and ileresszll'y fer ille 'glall'ifnll class el werk l lling, ille Sing' on the' Sides being of less; folle lla ldeflvfill lle in@l engll than. ille rule, inserts integrally illparli', ille bordel' in. el j nlzly ne.

'vinding the rule und slug, the sli ltone enel 071 ille innert. ezl'tending beyonc Lille rule E {'0 intel-leali with ille ends., 'lle fllig at lille l enpesie end ef ille insert ernlinrli'ing inj Wilrdljv beyond the rile, und n der: @hable 'ed @nfl il'l'es'rnlly including;r illey Slugv :incl rule 5 iV for example Single,

vper Column. n'irli @if ille Alle er innwnfll will# wllie l nlzly lle En 1:0 molly whereof I aliix my signature fennel (l "allie lle particular Wol-lli in in presence of iw@ witnesses.

llmlrl.y lle szllien feature of die "eresie T T l f i l@ -f el DLOvlsion 05 l'lmdeiiwllie A Llhi C' GU'FAP U05' llensien cnn-; inegrazl, Wi u seeliell i'llere a eel'l'lbined 1nzlnfl n. cleiilellllllle eil-fl, with 'the infmr lle und llzllillgg' the slug of less lengll Hum the new rule 1e interlock with the ends of ille insert.

EMMA BARTON.

jlnl'nl' inn' edge of the rule nlfly be ernalneneid' 

